IN its annaul list of 50 richest people in Thailand American business magazine Forbes placed the Chearavanont family of Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group right at the top with net worth of $30.2 billion (978.782 billion baht), Sanook.com said this afternoon (July 8th). The second place went to Mr. Chalerm Yoovidhya, who shares a $24.5 billion
Month: July 2021
PM to consider lockdown tomorrow after Covid cases soar
PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha has called an urgent meeting of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) at 10 a.m. tomorrow (July 9), moving it up from Monday July 12, after daily Covid cases hit a record high of 7,058 this morning with total daily fatalities also climbing to 75, Amarin TV said. This
Read moreDaily Covid cases jump to 7,058, with 75 deaths
THAILAND hit a new record high in single-day increase of coronavirus cases this morning (July 8) with this soaring to 7,058 while total daily fatalities also climbed to 75, Thai Rath newspaper said The Public Health Ministry said early this morning that 6,990 cases in the new batch were among the general public and
Read moreUS assessing ‘tragic attack’ that killed Haiti president
By Reuters, published by Swissinfo.ch Washington -The United States is assessing the “tragic attack” that killed Haiti’s president overnight and President Joe Biden will be briefed on the assassination, the White House said today (July 7). “We’re still gathering information,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on MSNBC. “We’re still assessing right now.”
Read morePublic health group petitions PM to quickly import other vaccines
A GROUP of public health personnel led by two doctors today (July 7) handed in a petition to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to speed up importing mRNA vaccines, that is Pfizer and Moderna, to control the coronavirus crisis in the country, Matichon newspaper said. Dr. Santi Kitwattanapaiboon, a general practice physician at Kaeng Nueng Private
Read moreResidents beyond 1-km radius of gutted factory allowed to return home
WITH the massive fire at the foam and plastic pellets factory now extinguished people living beyond one-kilometre radius of this gutted plant have been allowed to return home from 5 p.m. today (July 7) but King Kaew Soi 19-25 are still under control, Amarin TV said. Samut Prakan Governor Wanchai Kongkasem said King Kaew road
Read moreForensic doctor: Bangkok’s Covid counts are far higher
A FORENSIC doctor at Ramathibodi Hospital Mahidol University said in a Facebook post today (July 7) that the real number of Covid patients and death toll in Bangkok is far higher to go by lots of dead bodies showing infection while a large number of people have not got a chance to be tested,
Read moreHeavy rain puts out new fire at plastics factory
DRIVING rain and strong winds helped extinguish a new fire that erupted at the foam and plastics pellets factory in Samut Prakan province at 5 p.m. this evening (July 6), Amarin TV said. Two provincial firefighters got injured when the violent fire at Ming Dih Chemical Company’s factory that raged for over 27 hours from
Read moreAnother 5,420 Covid cases and 57 fatalities
OVER the 24 hours to this morning (July 6) Thailand logged 5,420 new coronavirus cases and another 57 fatalities taking the overall death toll to 2,333, Amarin TV said. According to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) the cumulative confirmed total since the start of the pandemic has now reached 294,653 and in
Read moreHuge effort by several agencies helped extinguish the blaze
IN A Facebook post Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said this morning (July 6) that he was closely monitoring the massive fire at the foam and plastic pellets factory in Samut Prakan throughout while revealing the names of agencies involved and materials used in extinguishing it, Amarin TV said. After commending the bravery of firefighters
Read morePlastics factory fire fully extinguished at 7 a.m.
FIREFIGHTERS bravely battling a fierce blaze at a foam and plastic pellets factory in King Kaew Soi 21, Samut Prakan province, for over 27 hours managed to fully extinguish it at 7 a.m. this morning (July 6), Sanook.com said. The huge fire at Ming Dih Chemical Co., Ltd factory that erupted at 3.20 a.m. yesterday
Read moreUrgent! New blast worsens plastics factory fire
THE violent blaze at the foam and plastic pellet factory in King Kaew Soi 21, Samut Prakan province, intensified again after a new explosion at 8. 45 p.m. tonight, Sanook.com and Amarin TV said. Over seventeen hours after a string of explosions triggered a massive blaze at Ming Dih Chemical Co., Ltd factory
Read moreFactory fire still raging as toxic fumes blow towards On Nut, Lat Krabang
THE massive fire at the foam and plastic pellet factory in King Kaew Soi 21, Samut Prakan province, was still raging at 5.40 p.m. today (July 5) but the wind has changed direction leading to toxic fumes now spreading towards On Nut and Lat Krabang areas, Amarin TV said. Kamov KA-27 helicopters joined in
Read morePM Prayut quarantined after risky selfie in Phuket
PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha has started a 14-day quarantine after a close contact with Covid-infected chairman of Surin Chamber of Commerce during the Phuket Sandbox event but has tested negative for the disease, Amarin TV said this afternoon (July 5). Gen. Prayut took a photograph with Mr. Veerasak Phisanuwong, the commerce chamber’s chairman, during
Read moreOne fireman dead, others pull out as blaze approaches oil tank
THE battle to put out a massive fire at a foam and plastic pellet factory in King Kaew Soi 21, Samut Prakan province, intensified with firemen told to withdraw from the compound at 12.45 p.m. because the blaze was approaching an oil tank, Sanook.com said. At noon one firefighter died at the scene and three
Read more30 hurt as firemen battle huge chemical factory fire
A MASSIVE fire at a foam and plastic pellet factory on King Kaew Road in Bang Phli district of Samut Prakran province was still not extinguished six hours after a series of explosions triggered the blaze at 3.10 a.m. this morning (July 5) with vibrations felt in a wide area and surrounding
Read moreHong Kong drinks company Vitasoy faces China netizens’ calls for boycott
By Reuters, published by The Straits Times Hong Kong – Beverage maker Vitasoy has become the latest target of Chinese netizens calling for a boycott, after an employee circulated a memo online offering condolences to the family of a worker who had stabbed a Hong Kong police officer. In a statement on the Chinese
Read morePolice to take action against restaurants that defy dine-in ban
THE METROPOLITAN Police warned restaurateurs that they will be arrested if they follow a social media trend encouraging them to open as usual and offer dine-in service which is currently banned to control the coronavirus crisis with only takeaways allowed, Siam Rath said this afternoon (July 4). Pol. Maj. Gen. Piya Tawichai, deputy chief and
Read morePolice capture escaped Covid patient on Motorway
A COVID positive woman who escaped from a field hospital in Chanthaburi province at midnight Saturday July 3 was caught on the Motorway while travelling to Bangkok in a van from Rayong around 12 hours later, Sanook.com said today (July 4). This woman had been admitted to the field hospital at Rambhai Barni Rajabhat
Read moreDaily Covid cases drop to 5,910 but almost 60,000 hospitalised
THAILAND added another 5,910 coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours to this morning (July 4), down from 6,230 yesterday, but the number of patients at hospitals and field hospitals is now almost 60,000 with over 2,000 in severe condition, Siam Rath newspaper said. The figures revealed by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA)
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